Private Equity for
High Growth Companies
We are founders who have successfully built high-growth companies. We seek founder-led, high-growth companies. We back them with patient capital and strategic expertise.
Growth equity built the way founders think.
HarborPE is founder-led growth equity for high-growth companies. We're backed by family office capital. We move at founder speed — decisions made by operators, not committees. We bring patient capital alongside genuine expertise earned from building and exiting companies ourselves.
We're not institutional PE. We're not a venture fund and not seeking startups. We're founders who stayed in the game — and we back founders who are building for the long term.
Founder-Led, High-Growth SaaS
Companies innovating in AI, B2B, SaaS, and Cloud technology. Past founding stage, growing fast, thinking about the next chapter. We can help with capital planning, scaling, M&A, and refining the trajectory.
Patient Capital. Founder-Friendly Networks.
Patient capital on founder-friendly terms. Your company stays yours. We take a board seat, bring strategic guidance, and work alongside you — without imposing a playbook. The way we see it, the best thing we can do is be genuinely useful.
Strategic Guidance.
Sector strategic mapping, market positioning, acquisition integration, scaling and broadening your GTM and many other topics. We position founder-led companies to be strategically acquired, or to lead their sector(s), in 3–5 years.
Things we write about — freely.
We share what we know. Acquisition strategy, what buyers actually look for, how to think about the chapters ahead, and what we've seen work across a lot of company builds. Read it, use it, share it. No form required.
What Strategic Buyers Are Really Buying
It's rarely the product. Acquirers buy market position, customer relationships, and team. Here's how to build toward what they're actually looking for — starting now, not two years before you sell.
Founder PlaybookThe Chapters Ahead: How to Think About Your Next Move
Most founders are so deep in the build that the next chapter sneaks up on them. Here's how to stay a few steps ahead — without taking your eye off the company you're running right now.
Capital StrategyTaking Capital Without Losing the Company
Capital comes with strings. Some strings are fine. Some aren't. Here's how to read the room when someone puts a term sheet in front of you — and what to push back on.
Market PerspectiveMidwest Founders Are Building Quietly — And Winning
Less noise. Lower burn. Tighter focus. The companies being built here right now are some of the most durable in the country. That's not an accident — it's a different way of working.
Where we play.
Why it matters.
Most growth capital comes with a formula attached. We don't have one. We've built companies, sold them, and stayed in the game because we like the work. The founders we back aren't looking for a playbook — they're looking for someone who's been where they are and can think alongside them.
We've been where
you are. More than once.
HarborPE was started by a founder who built companies from scratch and sold them — to Apple, Caterpillar, Columbia HCA, and Prime Media. Not once, four times, across four completely different industries.
We're not sitting on the sidelines analyzing deals. We're actively building companies right now alongside our investment work. That's not a talking point — it's just how we operate.
When you work with us you get someone who has sat across the table from the same acquirers you're going to meet. Who knows what diligence actually feels like from your side. Who has made the mistakes and figured out what works.
Full founder story and team →Where we're building
right now.
We're actively building and operating the companies below — not managing from a distance. We bring that same hands-on energy to every founder we back.
AI Sales Engine
Revenue intelligence and autonomous sales platform for owner-led businesses. aisalesengine.ai
AdvancedWebsites.ai
AI-powered websites that operate themselves — marketing, outreach, and prospect handling included. advancedwebsites.ai
Active Industry Sectors
Visual AI · Cloud Technologies · First Responder Capabilities · Advanced Publishing
AI is a force multiplier — and we are deeply invested in it. Used correctly, it significantly reduces the cost of innovation, marketing, and execution. We believe it is actively reshaping the business and consumer landscape, and that the companies building with it now will define the next decade.
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